BOUND IN SILENCE by Christena Stephens
A true crime tour-de-force!
On a nearly moonless night in October 1943, a single gunshot rang out in Littlefield, Texas. A prominent Texas doctor and his wife were found bound, shot, beaten, and murdered. The only witness: their five-year-old daughter, who was so traumatized by the crime and the events that followed that she refused to speak of it for 70 years. A meticulously researched, impeccably told tale of unsolved murder on the High Plains.
LITTLE HATCHET by Phil Oakley
“Great book! You get caught up in the story and you don't want it to end!”
— Laura Smith, author of Monster
When his little brother is kidnapped from the front porch of their cabin on the banks of Little Hatchet Creek, 12-year-old Walter Oakley sets off in pursuit, setting in a motion a multi-generational epic that follows Walter and his sons from late 1800s New Mexico to the Prohibition-era Gulf Coast.
THE MUSHROOM GIRL by Dagmar Grieder
“As she describes landscapes of scarcity and precarity, Grieder captivates us with her storytelling.”
—John R. Clarke, author of Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans.
In the aftermath of a devastating war, Dagmar Grieder and her family flee the advancing Russian Army. Her father, conscripted into the German military, has not been heard from in months. Her remaining family learns to improvise every aspect of their existence. With supplies scarce, Grieder forages for food in the local forests, becoming an expert at finding the tastiest mushrooms — a special treat for a hungry family. Grieder’s story is vivid and deeply personal, a tale of loss and belonging, that offers a new perspective on post-war refugees amid Europe’s rebuilding.
BEOWULF: FOR FIRESIDE AND SCHOOLROOM by Donald Mace Williams
“From the first word of the brief and extremely helpful introduction to the last word of the translation, Williams captures you and will not let you go.”
—Robert Bjork, director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
This new translation of the oldest narrative poem in English—the first in more than twenty years—is designed for easy, pleasant reading. It cuts the scholarly touches to a minimum, using simple margin notes to explain some word or phrase. Donald Mace Williams has approached his translation as both a published writer of modern metrical poems and a scholar in the verse structure of Beowulf.
